Okay, so maybe we grew too many pole beans this year. I haven't even looked at it in two weeks now and dread the inevitable bumpercrop of woody inedible pods.
So my youngest daughter shelled a bunch of them and darn if they dont look like something I could make soup or chili with! Does anyone her have any suggestions, thoughts or experience with using shelled green beans?
by klosnj11
7 Comments
Plant them next year
They’re fine. Cook them like a dried bean, just shorter time.
I haven’t done it but I understand you can cook them just like other dried beans. You should make some soup!
Chili with beans
Pre-soak them overnight and then use them as you would canned beans. Same as any beans you buy in the dry goods section of a grocery store.
I’d freeze them and save them for a thick bean and smoked ham hock soup in the coldest part of winter. One of those thick winter soups that’s the best and most flavorful a week after cooking it.
Just have to say the package of pole beans I planted says that they make a good dried bean for use in soups and stews. I am intending to do this with any extras I have that I don’t need for seed next year.